- United States
- Pa.
- Letter
It is deeply concerning that Kash Patel, President Trump's prospective nominee to lead the FBI, is facing such strong opposition from prominent voices within the former administration itself. Former national security officials like John Bolton and Charles Kupperman, who worked directly with Patel, have explicitly stated he is untrustworthy and unqualified for this critical role overseeing the nation's premier law enforcement agency. Even stalwart Trump allies like former Attorney General William Barr considered appointing Patel to a senior FBI position to be an affront to reality given his lack of relevant experience. With the FBI director wielding immense power and public trust in the bureau paramount, elevating a brazenly partisan operative like Patel seems like an unconscionable politicization of federal law enforcement. I urge you to take the unprecedented objections from within Trump's inner circle seriously and reject this nomination to uphold the independence and integrity of the FBI.